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N. PETERS; IFHOMUTHOGRAFNER, WlsmueToN D c UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

CHARLES HOLLWEDE, or s1. LoUIs, MISSOURI.

BRUSH-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'224,913, dated February 24., 1880.

Application filed June 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HOLLWEDE, of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Brush- Wrappers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a brush having the wrapper attached; Fig. 2, a perspective, showing the brush ,and the inside wrapp er, the latter being unfolded; and Fig. 3, aview'sii'nilar to the last, but showing the inside wrapper folded around the brush.

The same letters denote the same parts.

For the proper preservation of brushes it is customary to keep them in wrappers, and the usualpractice has been either. to roll the brush in an ordinary piece of wrapping-paper or to slip it into a band. The-former does not make a neat package, nor does it keep the brush in good order, nor close it in so as to prevent the entrance of dust. The latter I as in selling.

is also objectionable,in that if the band is made small enough to fit the brush atall snugly it is impracticable to attach it to the brush without ruffling and injuring the bristles, which, being of different lengths, cannot conveniently be compressed so as to be inserted in the band, and when inserted are liable to be disordered and broken, caused by their being pushed against the wrapper. The brush also projects through the band and is exposed to dirt and moths.

These objections are multiplied in cases of brushes that have to be frequently exhibited, In removing and replacing the wrapper or band several timesthebristles become very much disordered, and oftentimes rendered worthless. I y To overcome these objections, and to provide a neat, strong, inexpensive wrapper, and one that effectually excludes dust and moths, and yet onethat can be readily and repeatedly removed and replaced without in the leastinjuring the brush, is my present aim.

The improved wrapper consists, substantially, of two parts-an inner wrapper that can be and is folded transversely around the bristles, leaving the ends of the bristles exposed, and an outer bag, into which the brush, after the inner wrapper is attached thereto, is slipped, the bag being made to fit the wrapped bristles closely, and its upper end being drawn tightly around the stock of the brush, all as hereinafter described, and as appears more fully by referring to the annexed drawings, where- A represents a brush of the usual description, and which may be of any of the ordinary shapes. I

B represents what is termed the inside wrapper, which is made to fold laterally around the brush, being a sheet in length long enough to fold around the stock a. and bristles a. and lap a little, as shown in Fig. 3, and in width equal, or thereabout, to the length of the brush proper. This inside wrapper is laid snugly around the stock and bristles, as shown in Fig. 3, serving to press the bristles closely together throughout their length. The wrapper then being held in place-say by the thumb of the operators hand pressing upon the lap at I), while the handle a is grasped in his hand-the brush is inserted in an outer wrapper, G, as shown in Fig. 1. This last-named wrapper is in-the form of a bag that in length is as long as, and preferably slightly longer than, the brush proper, and in diameterjust large enough for the brush, with the inner wrapper, B, attached, to fit snugly therein. It is also preferably slightly tapering, its closed end 0 being somewhat smaller than the open ends, that comes over the stock a.

In this way, and by holding the bristles together by means of the inner wrapper, 1 the brush can be very easily inserted in the outer wrapper, and the operation can be repeated again and again without ruffling the bristles.

The improvement is adapted to all the usual varieties of brushes, the proportions and shape of the outer wrapper being varied to suit the style of brush being wrapped.

The wrappers may be of any suitable material--paper, linen, or leather, as desired.

I am aware that goods of various kinds have heretofore been inclosed in double wrappers, and that parcels placed in loose inner wrappers have been inelosed in envelopes, I outer bag, (J, the latter being of the shape 01 bags, or boxes, and I do not claim such, and size described, and adapted to fit tightly 1o broadly; but onto and around the bristles and stockgas and What I claim isfor the purposes set forth.

The herein-described brush-Wrapper, con- CHAS. HOLLWEDE. sisting of the inner sheet, B, of the shape de- YVitnesses: scribed, adapted to be laid and drawn trans- G. D. MOODY,

versely around the brush proper, and the B0131. HIND. 

